No one individual can tell the truth.

A writer strives to express a universal truth in the way that rings the most bells in the shortest amount of time.

Curiosity is a mistress whose slaves decline no sacrifice.

A dream is not a very safe thing to be near... I know; I had one once. It's like a loaded pistol with a hair trigger: if it stays alive long enough, somebody is going to be hurt. But if it's a good dream, it's worth it.

Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.

What a writer's obituary should read - he wrote the books, then he died.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.